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  • #1

    Anybody knows about mkv files?

    And how to convert them?

    I have a lot of files in the mkv format, but I need to convert them to avi for them to play in my dvd player

    I have been searching the web for solutions, but nothing that works. The three applications I have found that was supposed to do the job are:

    MKV to AVI Converter 3.0 - Some shareware that doesn't run at all
    AVI-Mux GUI - A free application that can't convert the video file because the audio file is not in avi format..? Isn't that what the software was supposed to do? Convert both audio and video to an avi file?
    VitualDubMod - Same as above... same problem as above
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  • #2
    I know nothing, but did you look at these places?

    AfterDawn - Software downloads, reviews, tech news and guides
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    Matroska Media Container Homepage
    https://www.matroska.org
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    • #3
      By DVD player you mean a hardware DVD player or a software DVD player?

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      • #4
        As SlowwHand said, that's a Matroska file. ffmpeg and mencoder should be able to deal with it.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by EyesOfNight
          By DVD player you mean a hardware DVD player or a software DVD player?
          The DVD player that is located just below my tv
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          • #6
            Originally posted by SlowwHand
            www.matroska.org
            Not really much to come after there as far as I can see. I see lots of apps to convert to mkv, but not the other way around

            Originally posted by Ari Rahikkala
            ffmpeg and mencoder should be able to deal with it.
            I have no idea how to use those
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            • #7
              mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy fromfile.mkv -o tofile.avi

              mencoder uses AVI as the output container format by default - if you want something different, use -of lavf to make it autodetect the output container format from the extension.

              MPlayer
              http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html


              Can't recall how to use ffmpeg right now...
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              • #8
                Thanks
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                • #9
                  Yeah, it shouldn't take long since they're just container formats. You don't have to actually transcode the video.

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                  • #10
                    mkv2ts is another tool that seems to get a lot of use.

                    FYI, many mkv files are h.264, so your DVD player will have to play h.264 for these files. I think the methods discussed above only change the container, not the codec.

                    Good luck.
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                    • #11
                      Indeed. Try -ovc help to see what codecs your mencoder setup can transcode to. (-oac is for audio, -ovc for video)
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                      • #12
                        I downloaded some porn once that was in .mkv. Are you watching Japanese fetish porn too?
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                        • #13
                          Converting seems to work... at least for the one I tried... works perfect in my DVD player

                          Thanks for the help

                          Originally posted by Ninot
                          I downloaded some porn once that was in .mkv. Are you watching Japanese fetish porn too?
                          Oh no, you found out

                          Nah, just downloaded Season 1 of Heroes
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